| CODE | ARI3216 | ||||||
| TITLE | Web Data Mining | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Artificial Intelligence | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will build on the theoretical concepts dealt with in the 2nd year study-unit on Web Intelligence, and also introduces elements of business aspects on how these concepts can be developed into commercial solutions. In the first part of the study-unit the students will be exposed to techniques through which the content and structure of such a huge network such as the Web can be mined and analyzed. Topics that will be covered include: - Web Crawling; - Structured Data Extraction; - Personalised Recommendation; - Big Data on the Web; - Knowledge Graphs. In the second part of the study-unit the students will be exposed to design thinking methods intended to inspire students to ideate bottom up solutions that address a particular Web related problem and in so doing pass on value to potential customers. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to build over the theory and techniques introduced in the Web Intelligence study unit and to present a broad range of methods and techniques that deal with the evolving, structure, content and semantics of the Web. This study-unit will also include a practical business aspect to expose students to problems solvable through web intelligence that can be converted into business opportunities. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the principals underpinning the Web graph; - Explain the techniques and fundamental principals central to big data technologies and user generated content; - Explain the techniques and fundamental principals behind semantic web and linked data technologies; - Identify problems and solutions related to web intelligence that make business sense. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Evaluate and apply specific methods and techniques to analyze the Web's content, structure and semantics; - Evaluate and apply specific big data techniques for the development of intelligent web applications; - Develop a “good” idea for a problem solution into a possible business venture. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Web Data Mining: Exploring Hyperlinks, Contents, and Usage Data (Data-Centric Systems and Applications). Bing Liu. 2006. Springer-Verlag, ISBN:3540378812. - Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce, Jimmy Lin and Chris Dyer (Morgan and Claypool 2010). - Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies, Pascal Hitzler, Markus Krötzsch, Sebastian Rudolph, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2009. ISBN: 9781420090505. - Networks: An Introduction, Mark Newman, Oxford University Press, May 2010. ISBN-10: 0199206651. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: ICS2205 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Charlie Abela (Co-ord.) Joel Azzopardi Alexander Borg Johan Zammit |
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